Kutin | |
Nativename: | Peere |
Region: | Cameroon |
Speakers: | 15,000 in Cameroon |
Date: | 1993 |
Speakers2: | and a few in Nigeria |
Ref: | e18 |
Familycolor: | Niger-Congo |
Fam2: | Atlantic–Congo |
Fam3: | Leko–Nimbari |
Fam4: | Duru |
Fam5: | Voko–Dowayo |
Fam6: | Vere–Dowayo |
Iso3: | pfe |
Glotto: | peer1241 |
Glottorefname: | Peere |
Dia1: | Peere |
Dia2: | Potopo |
Dia3: | Patapori |
Kutin is a member of the Duru branch of Savanna languages. Most Nigerian speakers moved to Cameroon when the Gashaka-Gumti National Park was established.
The dialects of Paara (Kutin) are as follows.[1]
Paara (Páárá) is spoken in the northwestern part of Tignère commune (Faro and Deo departments, Adamaoua Region), between the aforementioned town and the Nigerian border by about 15,000 speakers.[1]
Paara Muura, by far the most important variety, is the most northerly dialect (Mayo Baléo commune, Faro and Deo departments, Adamaoua Region), along with Gadjiwan and Aimé, northwest of Tignère.[1]
Zongbi is spoken southeast of Tignère near Djombi, Ngaoundéré commune, Vina department, Adamaoua Region.[1]
Dan Muura is an isolated dialect in the northeast of Banyo (Banyo commune, Mayo-Banyo department, Adamaoua Region).[1]
Blench (2004) considers the three varieties, Peere, Potopo (Kotopo), and Patapori, to be separate languages.